[opendtv] Re: Mobile DTV test
- From: "Cliff Benham" <cliff.benham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:56:39 -0400
Frank wrote:
>You might think this situation would automatically mean that all=20
>integrated DTV sets will be digital cable-ready, but that isn't=20
>necessarily the case -- at least not until there is a two-way=20
>plug-and-play agreement, and the complete STB functionality=20
>can be built into the TV set.
How likely is this to happen when the STB manufacturers claim they=20
make no money on headened equipment sales and rely solely on the=20
profits from the set top boxes to sustain their growth?=20
Will they become the suppliers of plug in card versions of STBs to=20
Sony, Thomson, Samsung, Panasonic, etc?=20
Doubtful these manufacturers would venture outside their own=20
empires for these cards for reasons of cost and profit alone,=20
not to mention dignity.
Sort of like the "disconnect" between the FBI and the CIA currently
in the news...
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